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Title Marine animal forests : the ecology of benthic biodiversity hotspots / Sergio Rossi, Lorenzo Bramanti, Andrea Gori, Covadonga Orejas, editors
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (3 volumes (1366 pages)) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Volume 1. Taxonomy, biodiversity, biogeography, and evolution of animal forests -- Volume 2. Structure and function of the animal forests -- Volume 3. Animal forests under threat
Summary During the last decades there has been an increasing evidence of drastic changes in marine ecosystems due to human-induced impacts, especially on benthic ecosystems. The so called 'animal forests' are currently showing a dramatic loss of biomass and biodiversity all over the world. These communities are dominated by sessile suspension feeder organisms (such as sponges, corals, gorgonians, bivalves, etc.) that generate three-dimensional structures, similar to the trees in the terrestrial forest. The animal forest provide several ecosystem services such as food, protection and nursery to the associated fauna, playing an important role in the local hydrodynamic and biogeochemical cycles near the sea floor and acting also as carbon sinks. The present book focus its attention on these three dimensional animal structures including, for the first time, all the different types of animal forests of the world in a single volume
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Benthic animals.
Marine animals.
Benthic plants.
Marine plants.
Benthos.
Marine ecology.
Benthic animals
Benthic plants
Benthos
Marine animals
Marine ecology
Marine plants
Form Electronic book
Author Rossi, Sergio, editor
Bramanti, Lorenzo, editor
Gori, Andrea, editor
Orejas Saco del Valle, Covadonga, editor
ISBN 9783319210124
3319210122
9783319210131
3319210130
3319210114
9783319210117
Other Titles Ecology of benthic biodiversity hotspots